Associate Professor Sjaan Koppel

Sjaan holds a PhD in Psychophysiology and is an Associate Professor at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). Sjaan is responsible for conducting innovative research programs that improve the safe mobility for vulnerable road users including: older road users, drivers with medical conditions and/or functional impairments, and child road users.

Sjaan is currently accepting Graduate Research students

Research Areas of Interest

Mindfulness and road safety; Emerging and future mobility modes; Child occupant protection; Older drivers; Fitness-to-drive; Willingness to use automated vehicles

Available Graduate Research Projects

• Mindfulness and road safety
• Older drivers: Exploring the relationships between medical conditions, medication use, and driving
• Aggression, confidence and driving behaviour
• Emotions and autonomous driving
• Examining the physical and psychological antecedents of distracted driving